Sometimes life just seems wonderful. For me it is at it's best when I'm with my daughter and her new daughter. My daughter is such a wonderful mother. My children tell me I was the best mother, that I could not have been better. However when I watch my own daughter interact with her child, I don't think I was that good. The baby's diaper is barely damp and she is changing it. I did not have disposable diapers with my first two children, I used cloth diapers. I recall putting a double diaper on them with plastic pants for the long haul at night. If they didn't do a big job in their diapers, I didn't change them. I would nurse them when they woke up in the middle of the night and put them right back down to sleep. Who wanted to wake up a sleeping baby and get it all stimulated while changing a diaper? To me it was a crime to waken a sleeping baby in the middle the night. I was so grateful when I had my next two children to have the option of cloth or disposables. It was a no brainer and Huggies were my salvation! My daughter prefers Pampers. But of course many improvements have been made with disposable diapers, therefore I'm sure she has chosen the one that works best. There is a little yellow line going down the center of the diaper when it turns blue, it's wet! It's just amazing how easy it is to care for a little one these days.
I had a swing for my babies but nothing like the one she has. Her carpet is littered with entertainment systems for the baby lest she get bored. I believe this child has everything that Target has to offer in their baby department. She received so many gifts for the child that some were duplicated and had to be exchanged with an effort of finding something she didn't already have. As we walk through the baby clothing department at Target our heads do not turn...for there is no interest. This child cannot possibly wear everything she has more than once. I purchased several newborn outfits for her from Macy's department store which she outgrew very quickly.
I've knitted a little Bolero jacket for my granddaughter to wear for a special occasion coming up soon. It has to match her little sleeveless dress. The yarn I chose was not bright enough for my daughter's taste. Baby's are wearing very bright colors these days and not so much pastels as in the years past.
The original yarn I chose was 100% cotton. I was more than half finished with the project when I showed it to my daughter. She was very polite but hinted that it wasn't exactly what she wanted. So in an effort to please her I stopped at Michael's on my way home and purchased a skein of Bernat Cottontot's yarn in a very bright pink to match her little dress.. This is a shocking pink and I wasn't sure about it. But now that it is knitted up I am very proud of it and thrilled that my daughter likes it.
This little bolero was the first one I started and decided to finish it. My daughter decided it would look cute with a pair of jeans and white tshirt!
I apologize for punctuation and left off sentences in this blog but either blog spot or my computer are having problems that I do not seem to be able to fix..
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